Washing-soap



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RICHARD HALL \VITHINGTON, OF SACRAMENTO CITY, CALIFORNIA.

WASHING-SOAP.

SPECIFIOA'lION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,827, dated January 8, 1884,

Application filed August 18, 1882. (X0 specimens.)

To aZZ whom it may concern I Be it known that I, RICHARD HALL WITH- INGTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sacramento City, county of Sacramento, State of California, have discovered and invented-a new composition to be used for washing and cleaning clothing and fabrics, and for all other purposes of a family and laundry soap, and which is intended to and will wash clothing and fabrics without rubbing, and will preserve clothing and fabrics and the texture thereof, of which the following is a specification, viz:

Take tallow, one thousand pounds; rosin,five hundred pounds; caustic soda, (sixty proof,) three hundred pounds. Dissolve the caustic soda to fifteen lye-proof in water. Boil all the ingredients together until thoroughly saponified. Add lye enough to liquefy sufficiently to allow all impurities to settle. Let stand twelve hours, then draw off all. the lye and sediment from the bottom. Boil up, and add water until it shows a smooth surface. Let stand twenty-four hours in a crutcher or cooler, and to one thousand pounds of this composition add borax,twenty-five pounds; beefsgall,

two gallons; turpentine spirits, one gallon; benzine, two gallons; ammonia spirits, one gallon; alcohol spirits, one gallon; oil mirbane, two pounds. Mix well in avat while at a temperature of 125 Fahrenheit, then draw off in frames or molds and let stand until cool.

The merits claimed for this soap are that it is less expensive than the soaps hitherto used, and is a great saving of labor, and will wash without rubbing when applied and used as follows, viz: Deposit three or four dozen pieces of clothing or linen in a tub; take sufficient hot water to thoroughly soak, and mix therewith a half-pound of the soap dissolved in hot water; pour the hot water on the clothing or linen and stir frequently, and let soak for half an hour; take the linen or clothing out and wring, and then rinse in clear warm water, when the fabrics will be free from all dirt, grease, and, stains, and perfectly clean, and will present a bright and new appearance, and its texture and strength will be preserved.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A washing-soap consisting of tallow, rosin,

caustic soda, borax, beef-gall, spirits of turpentine, benzine, spirits of ammonia, alcohol, and oil inirbane, combined in the proportions substantially as specified.

Sacramento, August 10, 1882.

RICHARD HALL WITHINGTON.

Witnesses:

Ana 0. HINKSON, H. C. Wrrnrneron. 

